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Two things: What happened when telegraph cables reached India? I’m assuming that’s when the British government ousted it aside, which would be an interesting p
by zeristor 4y ago
Two things:
What happened when telegraph cables reached India? I’m assuming that’s when the British government ousted it aside, which would be an interesting point.
Minor point there were two colleges, civil and military.
The civil is close by to where I live in Hailey, Herts:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company_College https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company_College
There was also a military one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiscombe_Military_Seminary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiscombe_Military_Seminary
Im aghast at the amount of praying going on, considering how the company operated it might as well be spelt preying.
- zeristor 4y agoLooking through the alumini of the military college I see that Augustus Abbot went to India at 15, starting as a second Lieutenant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Abbott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Abbott
- rsynnott 4y agoThat’s a weird assumption, because the causes of the demise of the company are very well documented. It was nationalised as a consequence of being responsible for a rebellion which killed over 800,000 people, in 1857. First telegram between England and India was 13 years later: https://m.economictimes.com/documents-reveal-contents-of-the-first-telegraph-message-between-india-england/articleshow/11976488.cms https://m.economictimes.com/documents-reveal-contents-of-the...
- zeristor 4y agoYes I checked on following up, and 1870 was when the cable reached to India, it was in that era, but of course any effect would have taken a decade or so to be felt.